Detachable spiked shoe protective cover

ABSTRACT

A spiked shoe protective cover having a pad of deformable material shaped to conform to the sole and heel of a spiked shoe and having a resilient strap, extending from each side of the front of the pad rearwardly in a continuous loop around the heel of the shoe with central and rear flexible straps connecting the resilient strap to the pad with a space therebetween, and a central connecting strap that quickly and easily interconnects the sides of the resilient strap to resiliently hold the pad against the shoe sole with the deformable material absorbing the spike or cleat projections from the bottom of the shoe with the pad abutting against a substantial portion of the bottom surface of the shoe providing maximum support.

Goodman 3,827,166 Aug. 6, 1974 Primary Examiner-Patrick D. Lawson Attorney, Agent, or FirmBrown & Martin 5 7 ABSTRACT A spiked shoe protective cover having a pad of deformable material shaped to conform to the sole and heel of a spiked shoe and having a resilient strap, extending from each side of the front of the pad rearwardly in a continuous loop around the heel of the shoe with central and rear flexible straps connecting the resilient strap to the pad with a space therebetween, and a central connecting strap that quickly and easily interconnects the sides of the resilient strap to resiliently hold the pad against the shoe sole with the deformable material absorbing the spike or cleat projections from the bottom of the shoe with the pad abutting against a substantial portion of the bottom surface of the shoe providing maximum support.

9 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures [76] Inventor: Mallard S. Goodman, 401 E. 17th Ave., Escondido, Calif. 92025 [22] Filed: Dec. 26, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 427,557

[52] US. Cl. 36/25 AN [51] Int. Cl. A43b [58] Field of Search 36/25 AN, 11.5, 2.5 R, 36/7.5

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,390,685 12/1945 Benson t, 36/] 1.5 2,801,478 8/!957 Gilbert 36/25 AN 3,566,488 3/197] Pilarski 36/75 DETACHABLE SPIKEI) SHOE PROTECTIVE COVER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION There are many types of shoes that have spikes or cleats on the lower sole and heel thereof. Such shoes are primarily used for track and golf. As is known, a person wearing golf shoes is often required to walk on concrete, macadam, or gravel surfaces, on which the spikes of the golf shoes are unable to effectively penetrate making it possible for the golfer to slip. Also such surfaces wear off the ends of the golf spikes or cleats. Still further, most golf courses have club houses or the like in which golfers are not allowed to enter with their golf shoes. Thus the golfers are required to either take off their shoes and walk around in the club house in their stocking feet, or they are required to carry around a second pair of shoes.

The same as described relative to the golf shoes also applies to track shoes. A person using track shoes is often required to walk from the dressing room to the track, which usually requires the person to walk over concrete or macadam surfaces. So the person is limited in the surfaces on which he can safely walk with his track shoes on, that will not cause the spikes on the track shoes from being quickly worn off or damaging the surface walked upon.

Thus it is advantageous to have a protective pad that fits against the lower surface of track or golf shoes and effectively absorbs the cleatsor spikes to provide a maximum abutting surface contact and support, and which pad is easily and quickly attached to the wearers shoes allowing the wearer to mount the pad on his shoes and move about without the spikes or cleats directly contacting the surface, and further which pad has a thin, hard, long-wearing surface applied to the bottom surface of the pad.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In an embodiment of this invention, a pad has a deformable upper surface and the general configuration of the sole and heel of a shoe to which the protective cover pad is to be mounted. A resilient strap member, that can be an electric cord, is secured at its free ends to the front sides of the pad with the continuous loop extending rearwardly to fit against the rear heel of the wearers shoe. A pair of flexible central straps and a flexible rear strap connect the loop portion of the resilient strap to the pad with a space therebetween. Thus the resilient strap runs the length of the wearers shoe and resiliently fits against and grips the shoe, with the central and rear straps translating this to the pad. Each side of the central loop portion of the resilient strap is selectively interconnected by an upper clasp strap to resiliently hold and secure the pad in position against the bottom or sole surface of the spiked shoe. The deformable material absorbs the spikes sufficiently to allow a substantial portion of the pad to directly contact and support the lower surface of the shoe. Thus the padis quickly and easily installed or secured onto the shoe, and the wearer can wear the pad and walk on the cleated or spiked shoes in the same manner as the wearer would walk on a normal pair of shoes.

Thus the detachable spiked shoe protective cover enables an individual to wear his golf shoes to and from the golf course, or the spiked shoes to and from the track, thereby eliminating the inconvenience, danger, and annoyance of wearing a regular pair of shoes and having to carry a pair of golf shoes, or track shoes. Further, the protective cover prevents the spikes, cleats, or the like from harming rubber matting in the car or floor coverings in club houses, or the like.

In the preferred embodiment, the pad comprises a unitary pad of deformable material such as foam padding or the like that is bonded to a lower layer of harder material. The resilient straps may be secured by adhesives or the like in holes in the sides of the foam padding layer.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a new and improved detachable cover for protecting spiked shoe surfaces.

Other objects and many advantages of this invention will become more apparent upon a reading of the following detailed description and an examination of the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like parts throughout and in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the protective cover, as worn on a golf shoe.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the protective cover of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the protective cover of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of FIG. 3.

Referring now to the drawing, the detachable spiked shoe protective cover includes a pad 10 having a shape that is slightly larger but of the same configuration as the sole and heel of the spiked or cleated shoe 14. The pad comprises an upper layer of resilient and flexible foam material 16 to which is bonded a thin bottom layer 18 of relatively hard material, such as hard rubber. The foam material is several times the thickness of the thin bonded, bottom wearing surface 18, and the foam material absorbs the cleats 25, see FIG. 3, and has sufficient thickness that the ends of the spikes or cleats do not puncture through the wearing surface 18.

A first single strap 20 is secured at its free ends to the sides of the front end of the pad 10. Holes 22 project into the sides of the foam material 16 and receive the ends of the strap 20, which ends are glued in position. The strap 20, which may be known elastic corn having a woven material covering, extends along the sides of the pad 10 and around the end of the pad 10 with a continuous resilient loop. This loop draws against the shoe of the wearer, securing the pad to the wearers shoe. A pair of flexible, control straps 24 and 32 connect the loop portion of the resilient strap 20 to the side of the pad 10 with the desired space therebetween, allowing t'he resilient straps to ride up on the side of the shoe 14. The ends of the central straps 24 and 32 are secured in holes 26 in the side of the foam pad 16 by gluing, cementing, bonding or the like. A normal rivet connection 30 connects the loop 28 of the central strap around the resilient strap or cord 20. A rear strap 34, comprises a loop of material that is bonded at 35 to the rear edge of the foam pad 16 and wearing pad 18. The rear strap 34 loops the flexible strap 20 and has sufficient flexibility to allow the strap 20 to flex inwardly as necessary to grip the rear side of the show 14 in holding the pad 10 to the shoe 14. The central straps 24 and 32 and rear strap 34 are flexible and substantially nonresilient. The end strap 34 may be made of the same material as the wearing layer 18.

A clasp strap 36 comprises a loop of flexible and substantially non-resilient material with one end 38 that extends around the cord 20 and is held by rivet 40. The other end portion 37 of the strap 36 extends around the other side portion of the strap 20, and is doubled back to make a holding connection through Velcro fastening material 39 that is secured to the respective sides of the clasp-strap portions 36 and 37. The Velcro connection allows an infinite adjustment for different sizes and shapes of shoes.

In mounting the pad onto the shoe 14, the shoe 14 is placed onto the pad and the sides of the resilient strap are pulled upwardly with the clasp strap 36 connected in the position as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. The resilience of the strap 20 holds the pad 10 against the lower surface of the shoe 14 with sufficient force that the pad 10 does not move relative to the shoe 14. The center straps 24 and 32 hold the mid-portion of the pad 10 in flat secured abutting condition to the bottom surface of the shoe 14 as does the rear strap 34. The cleats shown in dotted line 25, see FIG. 3, are imbedded in the deformable pad with a substantial top surface of pad 16 abutting against the lower surface of the show 14 at 27, forming an overall support of the shoe that is comparable to a normal sole on a shoe.

When it is desired to release the protective cover, the wearer merely pulls on the free end of the clasp-strap 36, that releases the strap 20 allowing the wearer to step directly off the protective pad or cover 10.

Having described my invention, I now claim:

1. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover for fitting against the under-surface of a shoe having cleats or spikes projecting therefrom comprising,

a shield pad having the general outer configuration of the shoe sole and heel,

a first flexible strap extending from one side of the forward end of the pad around the heel of the shoe and back to the other side of the forward end of the pad,

the ends of said first strap being secured to the respective sides of said pad,

a pair of flexible single straps, each extending between each side of said pad midway the length thereof and being secured to said first strap along the side length thereof,

a third flexible strap secured at one end to the heel of the pad and at the other end to said first strap,

said second and third straps being secured to said first strap a spaced distance from said pad,

said first strap being resilient,

a strap clasp extending between and releasably interconnecting the sides of said first strap across the top of the shoe to which the pad is attached,

and at least the upper surface of said pad comprising the formable and resilient material that absorbs the penetrating spikes or cleats with a substantial portion of the upper surface of said pad abutting against the lower surface of the shoe forming an overall support therefor. 2. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 1 wherein,

said pad having a plurality of holes in the side edge wall surface thereof, and the ends of said first and second straps being inserted into said holes and being secured therein. 3. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 2 wherein,

said ends of said first and second members are secured by an adhesive in said holes. 4. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 2 wherein,

said pad comprises a layer of deformable resilient material bonded to a bottom second layer of harder wear material. 5. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 4 wherein,

said second and third straps comprising substantial non-resilient material. 6. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 4 wherein,

said upper layer of deformable resilient material is substantially thicker than the said bottom second layer of harder material. 7. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 6 wherein,

the ends of said first and second members being inserted into holes in the side of said deformable resilient material, and the third strap being of non-resilient material that is secured by an adhesive to the rear surface of said deformable material and the second layer of harder material. 8. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 1 wherein,

said fourth strap comprising strap material hooked at one end to one side length of said first strap substantially mid-way the one side length, and the other end of the fourth strap extending hooking around the other side length of said first strap with the free end overlapping the strap and being secured thereto by a releasable attachment fastener. 9. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 1 wherein,

said pad having an outer edge surface that extends beyond the outer edge surface of the shoe on which it is to be mounted. 

1. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover for fitting against the under-surface of a shoe having cleats or spikes projecting therefrom comprising, a shield pad having the general outer configuration of the shoe sole and heel, a first flexible strap extending from one side of the forward end of the pad around the heel of the shoe and back to the other side of the forward end of the pad, the ends of said first strap being secured to the respective sides of said pad, a pair of flexible single straps, each extending between each side of said pad midway the length thereof and being secured to said first strap along the side length thereof, a third flexible strap secured at one end to the heel of the pad and at the other end to said first strap, said second and third straps being secured to said first strap a spaced distance from said pad, said first strap being resilient, a strap clasp extending between and releasably interconnecting the sides of said first strap across the top of the shoe to which the pad is attached, and at least the upper surface of said pad comprising the formable and resilient material that absorbs the penetrating spikes or cleats with a substantial portion of the upper surface of said pad abutting against the lower surface of the shoe forming an overall support therefor.
 2. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said pad having a plurality of holes in the side edge wall surface thereof, and the ends of said first and second straps being inserted into said holes and being secured therein.
 3. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 2 wherein, said ends of said first and second members are secured by an adhesive in said holes.
 4. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 2 wherein, said pad comprises a layer of deformable resilient material bonded to a bottom second layer of harder wear material.
 5. A detachable spiked shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 4 wherein, said second and third straps comprising substantial non-resilient material.
 6. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 4 wherein, said upper layer of deformable resilient material is substantially thicker than the said bottom second layer of harder material.
 7. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 6 wherein, the ends of said first and second members being inserted into holes in the side of said deformable rEsilient material, and the third strap being of non-resilient material that is secured by an adhesive to the rear surface of said deformable material and the second layer of harder material.
 8. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said fourth strap comprising strap material hooked at one end to one side length of said first strap substantially mid-way the one side length, and the other end of the fourth strap extending hooking around the other side length of said first strap with the free end overlapping the strap and being secured thereto by a releasable attachment fastener.
 9. A detachable spike shoe protective cover as claimed in claim 1 wherein, said pad having an outer edge surface that extends beyond the outer edge surface of the shoe on which it is to be mounted. 